Wardrobe hanger



R. S. KITCHINGIVIAN.r A

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RAY SCOTT KITCHINGM'AN, Olli1 RACINE, 'WISCONSIN'.

W'ARDROBE HANGER.

19411799010 Spccilication of Letters Patent.

Patented lllay 3G, 1922.

Application filed December 27, 1921. Serial No. 525,008.

T 0 all echo/m 'may conce/1%:

Be it known that l, liar iifon'aN, a citizen oiv the llnited States, and resident of Racine, in the county ol Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseiiul Improvements in Wardrobe Hangers; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. f r

The invention relates to a hanger 'ior clothes and more especially to a construction desirable for wardrobe trunks.

Hitherto, coat hangers have been provided for wardrobe trunlrs rigid with a spacer bar or support. Hangers have also been provided for one-piece dresses. rllhese are sometimes termed Princess7 hangers.

The invention contemplates a structure wherein the advantages of the coat hanger and the one-piece dress hanger are acquired at the same time. A structure is provided in which a one-piece dress hanger may readily be combined with, or detached from, a coat hanger.

Important features ot the invention are the precise means by which the combination is attained. A socket member rigidly at tached to the coat hanger and downwardly projected therefrom. In one modification a number of resilient arms cooperate with the socket member and have their ends received in apertures in the said member, whereby the one-piece dress hanger is supported.

Primary objects o'l the construction are the taking up of a minimum ol room, the entire device being iiat, and the elin'iination.oir danger of tearing garments, no projecting or catching corners resulting.

Other advantages are extreme simplicity oli construction, ease o'l rminuiacture, and durability of parts. Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds. y

References had to the accompanying` drawing in which Figure l is ay side elevation of one modification of the invention. Figure 2 is a cross section thereof on the line 2-2.

Figure 3 is a tion, and

Figure e is a cross of Figure 3.

A support 10 is provided with notches 1l to loe received on rods in a wardrobe trunk and is integral with the ycoat hanger comside elevation oi a modificaprising outwardly directed arms l2. A socket member 13 has' extensions la thereon with teeth l5 inwardly directed therefrom and embedded in the wood of the coat hanger. The one-piece dress hanger is made oi a single piece of wire bent 'into an arcuate portion lo, turned inwardly at the ends l and extending in directions substantially parallel to the arcuate portion l0 to points i8, where arms 19 are upwardly directed, extending through openings in a spacer c)0. Fingers 2l are outwardly directed at` the end of arms 19 and received in apertures in socket member 13. It is apparent that the resilience of arms i9 facilitates the removal ci the one-piefce dress hanger from the coat hanger by the mere manual gripping or' arms 19 at points above spacer` Q0. (En the removal of the one-piece dress hanger, the coat hanger `may be utilized merely for the purpose of supporting a coat.

When, however, the two hangers are assembled in the position. shown in Figure l, they serve to support a one-piece dress, the dress hanger supporting the upper part of the garment while the lower is folded over support iO, which may be placed on rods in a wardrobe trunk. It is apparent, theretore, that the ilatness of the device is especially advantageous 'for wardrobe trunks wherein one garment is packed closely upon another. li/loreover, the entire construction is especially adapted to usage in wardrobe trunks as it obviates the need Ator carrying a separate coat hanger and a separato onepieces dress hanger.

The modiiication shown in Figure is of similar general outline, but the one-piece dress hanger i9 may be made oi any desired material, preferably wood, and is apertured to receive a pin 23 rigid with spring 24 mounted on pivot E25, directed inwardly through extension il on socket member 13. Itis apparent that spring 2e may be grasped by the fingers and pin 23, thereby retracted from the apertures in support 13 and onepiece dress hanger 22.

lt is clear that the above modilications of the device are readily manipulable to attach or detach the coat hanger from the onepieee dress hanger, that a simple structure is provided made oli a minimum number olf parts and easy to manufacture.y

Obviously, the invention may be embodied in diverse structures and I do not desire to limit myself to the specific structures shown,

but wish to embrace a substantial range of equivalents within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim y l. The combination of a coat hanger, a one-piece dress hanger, a flat sooketmem ber having apertures therein downwardly directed from said coat hanger and having surfaces substantially continuous with the surfaces of the coat hanger, and a pair of resilient members received within said socket4 member and having their ends projecting through said apertures, said resilient members supporting said one-piece dress hanger, the sides of said socket member contacting with said resilientv members throughout a considerable length thereof, to prevent lateral movement of said resilient members with respect to said socket member, said resilient members being movable towards each other on the exertion of force thereon by the hand wherebysaid resilient members may readily be positioned in and secured to said socket members.

2. The combination of a support having a substantially straight upper surface, a coat hanger rigid therewith7 a socketmember, teeth on said socket member for making said socket member rigid with said coat hanger, said socket member having apertures therein, a one-piece dress hanger, re-

silient arms upwardly extended therefrom,

and a spacermember rigid with said arms, said resilient arms 'extending within said socket member and having ends outwardly directed through said apertures.

3. The combination of an elongated flat support having a recess in its lower edge at each end, a coat hanger integral therewith and having Hat surfaces continuous with the surfaces of the support, a flat socket member having tongues extending upwardly centrally of said coat hanger, teeth on said tongues securing said socket member to said coat hanger, the surfaces of said socket member being substantially continuous with the surfaces of said coat hanger, said socket member having a pair of oppositely disposed openings therein, a one piece dress hanger, resilient arms extending upwardly there'- from, a spacer plate having openings receiving said arms, the ends of saidvarms being extended into said socket member, and laterally deflected throughsaid apertures.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Racine,` in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin.

RAY SCOTT KITCHINGMAN- 

